Ames School Board

BOARD AGENDA 
Ames Community School District
April 23, 2012 

Board members will assemble 6:30 p.m.  in the Multipurpose Room at Ames High School, 1921 Ames High Drive,for a regular meeting

(The Board respectfully requests that all cellular phones be turned off during the meeting.)

1. Call to Order.

 2.Approval of agenda and reading of mission statement.

The mission of the Ames Community Schools is to ensure that
all learners develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and personal esteem necessary to grow in and shape a changing society

3. Good News.  Kathy Hanson.

4.

Public forum. (Residents of the District, students attending the District, parents/guardians of students attending the District, and District staff members may address the Board about topics relevant to the District.  Those who wish to speak must sign up at the beginning of the meeting.  Speaker’s participation is limited to three minutes once per board meeting.  The Board President may reduce the three-minute limit to accommodate more speakers in the 20 minutes allotted for the public forum.  Any extension of the 20-minute time limit for the public forum must be approved by the Board.  The views and opinions of citizens addressing the Board do not necessarily reflect those of the Board, district administration, or staff.  We ask speakers to remember that Iowa law prohibits the Board from discussing specific employees or students or their performance.  Student speakers will state their name and school.  Others will state their name and address.

Information Item(s):

5.

Mitchell Garden Partners Report.  Pam Stangeland and Others.  Exhibit I-1

6.

Policies to Announce:  AFB/CBF, Evaluation of Superintendent; EDC, Authorized Use of School-Owned Materials and Equipment; FECA, Site Plans and Specifications; GBEB, Communicable Diseases (Staff); JHCC, Communicable Diseases (Students); and INI, Use of Digital Resources and Computer Networks.  Rodney Briggs and Teresa Simpson.  Exhibit I-2.

Discussion Items:

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IASB At the Table:  The Board and Superintendent.  Dan Woodin.  Exhibit D-1.

7:25 p.m.8.Board Meeting Dates for 2012-13.  Tim Taylor.  Exhibit D-2.7:30 p.m.9.

Renewal of Bus Management Contract.  Karen Shimp.  Exhibit D-3.

10.

Superintendent’s General Fund Budget Recommendation.
Tim Taylor. Exhibit D-4.

Consent Item(s):  (All items listed under Consent will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a motion is made and approved, prior to the time Board members vote on the consent items, to remove the item from the Consent Items for further discussion.)

8:00 p.m.11.

Minutes of Meeting(s) held February 27, 2012. Karen Shimp.

 12.

Claims and Payroll for March 2012. Karen Shimp. Exhibit C-1.

 13.

Financial Report for March 2012. Karen Shimp. Exhibit C-2.

 14.

Gift(s) to the District. Tim Taylor. Exhibit C-3.

 15

Personnel Report. Tim Taylor. Exhibit C-4.

 16.

Contract(s)/Agreement(s). Exhibit C-5

1. Agreement with Scholastic Book Fairs for Book Fair at Mitchell School May 7 - 11. Pam Stangeland.Exhibit C-5a
   b.  Health Insurance Reinsurance Renewal for Plan Year 2012-2013. Karen Shimp.Exhibit C-5b
   c.   Life Insurance Joinder Agreement for Paid –Up Life. 
   Karen Shimp.Exhibit C-5c
   d.  Agreement with Windstream for increased data connection between AHS and AMS. Karl Hehr. Exhibit C-5d

 17.

Grant Application Notification. Yonas Michael. Exhibit C-6.

 18.

Continuous Open Enrollment Application(s). Tim Taylor. Exhibit C-7.

Action Items:

8:05 p.m.19.

Accept $2,000 Grant from United Way of Story County for Bus Passes. 
Yonas Michael. Exhibit A-1.

8:10 p.m.20.

Set Public Hearing Date for Sale of 6th Street Property. 
Karen Shimp. Exhibit A-2.

8:15 p.m.21.

Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of $10,000,000 General Obligation School Bonds and Levying a Tax for the Payment Thereof. Karen Shimp. Exhibit A-3.

8:20 p.m22.

Policy DAB, Debt Management. Karen Shimp. Exhibit A-4.

8:25 p.m.23.

Receive and place on file for future action recommendations to terminate the contracts of certain certified staff effective at the end of the 2011-12 school year. Tim Taylor. Exhibit A-5.

8:30 p.m.24.

Real Estate Liquidation Ad-hoc Advisory Committee. Dan Woodin. Exhibit A-6.

Board and Staff Items:

8:35 p.m.25.Facilities Update. Tim Taylor and Dan Woodin8:45 p.m26.

Reports of Board Work on Committees.  Directors.

a . Budget – Deardorff/Talbot

 27.

Items from the Board.

 28.

Items from the Staff.

 29.

Board Planning Calendar.  Tim Taylor.  Exhibit B-1.

9:00 p.m.30.

Closed session as provided in section 21.5(1)(i) of the open meetings law to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose performance is being considered to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation, as that individual has requested a closed session.

 Adjournment.